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All the ideas for 'Free Will as Involving Determinism', 'fragments/reports' and 'On Cruelty'

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5 ideas

1. Philosophy / B. History of Ideas / 4. Early European Thought

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Montaigne was the founding father of liberalism [Montaigne, by Gopnik]

6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 3. Axioms for Geometry

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Archimedes defined a straight line as the shortest distance between two points [Archimedes, by Leibniz]

16. Persons / F. Free Will / 6. Determinism / a. Determinism

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Determinism threatens free will if actions can be causally traced to external factors [Foot]

20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 3. Acting on Reason / b. Intellectualism

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Not all actions need motives, but it is irrational to perform troublesome actions with no motive [Foot]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / e. Character

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People can act out of vanity without being vain, or even vain about this kind of thing [Foot]